ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

No. Acd./ 6 044 /IAPC-139 Dated : April .? If ' 2024

Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

The IAPC in its 139th meeting held on 10.04.2024 vide Items No. 139.2.3 (4) has
approved the following new OECs alongwith their course outlines of new UG curriculum of
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences:

1. HSO-1 01 : Power and Politics in Contemporary India: Issues and Approaches

2. HSO-102: Society, Culture and Development
3. HSO-103: Science, Technology and Society
4. HSO-104: Industrial Sociology
5. HSO-105: Cognitive Ergonomics
6. HSO-106: Dimension of Human Behavior
7. HSO-107: Positive Psychology
8. HSO-108: Gender and Culture Studies
9. HSO-109: Disability and Literature
10. HSO-110: Women's Writing
11. HSO-111: Film & Literature
12. HSO-112: Medical Humanities
13. HSO-113: Creative Writing in English
14. HSO-114: Partition Literature
15. HSO-115: Canadian Literature - Perspectives on Postcolonialism
16. HSO-116: Fiction of Indian Diaspora
17. HSO-117: Psychological Basis of Behavior

The approved course outlines are attached as Appendix-A .

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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-101 Course Title: Power and Politics in

Contemporary India: Issues and Approaches
L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Approaches to understand contemporary India, Caste and class politics,
Backward Class Movements, Dalit Politics, Ethnicisation of Caste, India’s Middle Classes,
Populism, Development induced dispossession and tribals, Jal-Jangal-Jameen Politics,
Agrarian crisis, Commercialisation of agriculture, Neoliberalism and the WTO, Farmers
suicides, Formal-informal dualism, Labour and migration, Right to the city, Precarity, Crisis
in labour movements.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-102 Course Title: Society, Culture, and

Development
L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: The sociology of development, Theoretical approaches to development,

Dependency theories, World system theory, Modernization theories, Actor-oriented theories,
Culture and development, Concept of culture, Cultural institutions and development,
Society, community and development, Globalization and development, Concept and theories
of globalization, Inequality and globalization, Globalization and economic transformation in
developing countries, Regional development in India, Development and underdevelopment
in India; Development and exclusion in India, Concept of social exclusion and inclusive
development, Caste, tribe, gender and social exclusion, Environment and development,
Sustainable development, Dimensions and principles of sustainable development,
Alternative development.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-103 Course Title: Science, Technology and

Society
L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Social significance of science and technology, Contextual nature of

science, Scientist as analogical, indexical and practical reasoned, Perspectives on scientific
knowledge, Robert Merton's ethos of science, Matthew effect in science, symbolism of
intellectual property, Thomas Kuhn's structures of scientific revolutions, Karl Popper’s
theory of falsification and Manuel Castell’s network society, Positioning HSS in technology
institutes, science and technology in ancient and colonial India, peer review in Indian
science, Recent trends in Sociology of Science, Science and technology in developing and
developed countries, information technology and globalisation, internet and social
inequality.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-104 Course Title: Industrial Sociology

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: The Sociological Imagination, Context for development of Sociology and
industrial Sociology, The Industrial, French and Bolshevic Revolutions and their
socioeconomic and industrial implications, Types of productive systems, industrialisation
and post-industrial society, Max Weber, F. W. Taylor, Human Relations approach, Fordism,
Types and structure of trade unions, Theories of labour movement, Labour movements in
India, Recent trends in work and industry, IT industry in India, McDonaldisation of society,
Future of work, Social exclusion in Indian MNCs.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-105 Course Title: Cognitive Ergonomics

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Introduction to Cognitive Ergonomics, Approaches to Cognitive

Ergonomics, Perception, Attention, Memory and Learning, Thinking and Language, Human
Information Processing, User-centered design, Scenario-based design, Personas, Monitoring
and Supervisory Control, Definitions of usability by International Organization of
Standardization (ISO) and Nielsen, Usability Testing, User Experience, Error, Types of
Human Error, Concept of risk and Risk Management, Cognitive Safety and Basic Concepts,
Safety Performance Measurement, Health and Well-being at Work, Safety-critical
Scenarios.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-106 Course Title: Dimension of Human Behavior

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Biological Basis of Behavior: Neuron- Basic Structure and Functions,
Brain- Major Structures and Functions, Localisation and Lateralisation of Brain Functions;
States of Consciousness and Bodily Rhythms: Consciousness and Brain activity, Sleep-
Varieties, Theories, Circadian Rhythm, Dreaming- Theories, Activation-synthesis Model;
Psychopathology: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Anxiety Disorders- Phobias, OCD,
Personality Disorder- Clusters A, B & C, Substance-Related Disorders, Mood Disorders,
Schizophrenia; Parapsychology: Historical roots, Methodology, Recurring Issues; Group
Behavior: Social Cognition- Heuristics, Schemas, Attribution- Theories, Impression
Formation, Social Influence- Conformity, Compliance, Obedience, Attitudes- Persuasion,
Cognitive Dissonance.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-107 Course Title: Positive Psychology

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Positive Psychology- Background and the various Perspectives, Positive
Emotional States- Well-being, emotional, social and psychological, Emotional Intelligence
(EI) and its different perspectives, Positive Cognitive States- Wisdom, courage, humanity,
justice, temperance, transcendence, hope, optimism, mindfulness and spirituality, Prosocial
Behaviours-Altruism, empathy and forgiveness, Psychological Resilience, Positive Self,
Positive Psychological Therapies.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-108 Course Title: Gender and Culture Studies

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Development of Gender Theories, Correlation between Gender and

Culture Theories, History and Concept of Feminism, Understanding Post-modernism and its
Intersection with Feminist Theories, Theories of the Construction of Gender, Gender and
Language, Gender and Society, Gendered Identities, Culture through Gender, Post-
modernist Cultural Theories, Contemporary Issues-Technology and Gender, Media and
Gender, Sports and Gender.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-109 Course Title: Disability and Literature

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Graphic Medicine, Ethics of Care, Medical and Social Disability,
Debility, Public Health and Global South, Epidemics and Identity, Modernity and Medicine,
Subjectivity and Illness, Writing and Healing, Medical and Emotional care.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-110 Course Title: Women’s Writing

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Introduction to Feminist Theory, Writing and Gender, Women’s Writing
in India, Global Women’s Writing, Adaptations, Genres of Feminist Narrative, Friendship
and Kinship, Dystopia and Feminist Science Fiction.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-111 Course Title: Film & Literature

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Literature and Film, Evolution of Cinema, Adaptation Theories, Aspects
of Cinematography, Montage, Flashback Technique, Film Narratives, Story, Plot, Script,
Narration (Restricted and omniscient) Duration, Motivation, Motif- Parallelism, Character
Traits, Cause and Effects, Visual Effects, Exposition, Climax, Point of View, Film Editing,
Difference Between the Adapted Movie and the Novel.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-112 Course Title: Medical Humanities

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Medical Humanities-An Interdisciplinary Approach, Ethical Aspect of

Medical Humanities: Principle of Medical Humanities-Respect for Autonomy, Principle of
No maleficence, Principle of Beneficence, Principle of Justice, Literature and Medicine-
Connoisseurship of patient, Emotional existence, Feminist Approach, Patriarchal Approach,
Biomedical Discourse, Attention Disorders, Sexual Behavior, Death and Dying, The Mind
and its Discontents, Narrative Medicine-Patient Narrative & the Real World, Narrative of
Double Marginalized, (Dis)Ability and Literature, Medical Humanities-Exploring Social
Issues.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-113 Course Title: Creative Writing in English

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Creativity & Resistance, Poetry- Types of Poems, Poetic Diction, Simile,
Metaphor, Imagery, Symbol, Rhymes and Rhythm, Impersonal Theory of Poetry; Novel and
Short Story- Writing a Novel: Situation and Event; Plot and Character; Style of Fiction;
Drama- Elements and Types of Drama, Writing a Drama: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax,
Anti-Climax and Resolution; Objective Correlative; Aesthetic Distance; Creative Writing-
Media and Creative Writing; Writing Literary Reviews; Report and Feature Writing for
Dailies and Magazines; Conducting Interview of Celebrities.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-114 Course Title: Partition Literature

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Introducing the History of the Partition of India, History and Alternative
Memory Writings, Woman and Community, Home and Nostalgia in the Immigrant
Discourse, Studying Displaced People and Abandoned Homes through Fictions, Trauma,
Silence and Agency/Lack thereof in the Immigrant Woman’s Writing, Looking Back at
Partition – Literature in the 21st Century.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-115 Course Title: Canadian Literature – Perspectives

on Postcolonialism
L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Introducing Canadian Literature: History of Canada and Canadian

Literature, Missionaries and the Canadian First Nations Reserves, Alternative Story/History-
telling by the Canadian Indigenous Communities, Documentaries on the Canadian
Indigenous People, Multiculturalism – The Mosaic as an Impasse, Immigration and the
South Asian Diaspora, The Canadian South Asian Stage.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-116 Course Title: Fiction of Indian Diaspora

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Fiction : Types, origin and development ; ‘Diaspora’, a brief historical
account ; Multiculturalism, Enculturation, Deculturation, Acculturation, Assimilation and
Transculturation, Expatriation and Immigration, Boarder and Cultural Space; Indian
Diaspora: The different periods; demography and the characteristic features; the Writers of
Indian Diaspora: Major Concerns, Themes, Narrative Technique(s) and Current Debates;
Detailed Critical Discussion on the Prescribed texts, themes, literary influences and
techniques; Diaspora Writings: significance, implications and impact on our life and the
formation of culture.
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NAME OF DEPARTMENT/CENTRE: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject Code: HSO-117 Course Title: Psychological Basis of Behavior

L-T-P: 2-1-0 Credits: 03 Subject Area: OEC

Course Outlines: Introduction to Psychology, Application and Methods, Principles of

Learning, Theories of Learning, Memory and types, Theories of Forgetting, Thinking,
Concept Formation, Problem Solving, Motivation, Drives, Needs, Theories of Motivation,
Perception, Principles of Perception, Factors influencing Perception, Personality, Nature
versus Nurture, Theories of Personality Development, Intelligence, Accessing Intelligence,
Individual Differences, Theories of Intelligence.